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The next goal is to create meaningful moments for the Miami Heat, meaningful playoff moments, after his first season with the team produced only a lottery finish. But for Luol Deng, what transpired Saturday in South Africa made the start of the 2015-16 basketball cycle particularly meaningful. No, not because he scored 20 points and made four 3-pointers in what turned into a 101-97 Team Africa loss to Team World in Johannesburg. But rather simply because of the venue and the preceding week of clinics across the continent for the native of South Sudan. "It meant a lot," Deng said after the NBA-sanctioned exhibition, the first such event in Africa. "As a kid growing up, I...

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Michael Jordan goes to the basket in the third quarter as Utah Jazz's Howard Eisley looks on during Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Salt Lake City, in this June 5, 1998 photo. Dominance, determination and unmatched skill earned Jordan the selection as the top basketball player of the century by a six-member...

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On July 11, the 76ers sent out a release saying Joel Embiid would undergo a season-ending bone graft on his right foot "in the next 7-10 days."The release was attributed to general manager Sam Hinkie.It said the Sixers were "still in the...

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Doc Rivers gave a quick answer when asked about DeAndre Jordan coming back to the Los Angeles Clippers.
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